buttressed
past simple and past participle ofbuttress
| 单词 | buttressed |
| 释义 | buttressed past simple and past participle ofbuttress buttress verb[T] uk/ˈbʌt.rəs/us/ˈbʌt.rəs/tobuildbuttresses tosupportabuildingorstructure: It wasdecidedto buttress thecrumblingwalls. to makesupportfor anideaorargumentstrongerbyprovidinga goodreasonfor it: Theargumentsforchangeare buttressed byeventselsewhere. Physical supports and supporting
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Backing, supporting & defending Examplesofbuttressedbuttressed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. They underpinned devotion to relics and images, fostered the widespread use (and misuse) of sacramentals, andbuttressedthe thriving tradition of pilgrimage to prominent shrines. From theCambridge English Corpus Buttressedtrees were associated with deeper leaf litter accumulation at their bases and higher char heights than trees without buttresses. From theCambridge English Corpus This caricature wasbuttressedby the reflections of many major early modern philosophers on the merits of their predecessors. From theCambridge English Corpus This radical proposal wasbuttressedby two further factors. From theCambridge English Corpus As the effort to act collectively encountered frustration, the energy tilted from idealist education and corporatist participation towards spectatorship,buttressedby inflating rhetoric. From theCambridge English Corpus The theological argument is -buttressedby a distinction between "resemblance" (shibh) and "imitation" (tashabuh). From theCambridge English Corpus Male superiority was axiomatic,buttressedby early modern theology, cosmography, and anthropology. From theCambridge English Corpus Here we are in a world of names, of biographical data,buttressedby a rich iconography. From theCambridge English Corpus Mounting scientific (or pseudo-scientific) evidence reframed each habit as medically harmful andbuttressedthe opposition. From theCambridge English Corpus I regard this as the crucial conceptual turn in current immunology, a turnbuttressedby the cognitive paradigm. From theCambridge English Corpus None of these claims isbuttressedby an argument. From theCambridge English Corpus The theoretical arguments in the article arebuttressedwith some experimental work done by the author. From theCambridge English Corpus Second, the higher probability of mortality forbuttressedtrees may relate to bark thickness differences. From theCambridge English Corpus Paired t-tests were used to compare the bark thickness at 30 cm and 130 cm onbuttressedand unbuttressed trees. From theCambridge English Corpus The movement's robust aura isbuttressedat times by rasguado and golpe sounds,32 character features of the flamenco guitar. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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